Car rental prices at Ottawa Airport

At Ottawa Airport, use $61 a day as your benchmark for an Intermediate car, such as a Kia Forte, in November 2026 when booking around a month before pickup. At that lead time, a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa averages $58 a day, while an upmarket car such as an Audi A4 averages $89. In the last 2 weeks, the Intermediate car average rises to $65, which costs $4 more a day. Check the price checker before accepting a quote for your exact dates.

For November 2026 at Ottawa Airport, book an Intermediate car around a month before pickup: it averages $61 a day then, against $65 in the last 2 weeks. If you have not booked yet, you have not necessarily missed a lower price: across the year, an Intermediate car averages $139 a day around 9 months before pickup, against $75 around a month before. You need not treat booking months ahead as essential: across the 395 airports we track car hire prices for, 65% of our customers book within a month of pickup.

Compare Europcar first at Ottawa Airport: an Intermediate car averages $56 a day over the last 12 months, the lowest company price for that class. Europcar does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so check its pickup and card terms before you book. Budget averages $73 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 607 prices, and scores 85/100 from 46 reviews over the last 5 months. Budget's desk is at the airport but accepts credit cards only, so choose it only if you can meet that card rule.

The cheapest company can cost you a longer queue or a bigger deposit, so check the review score and desk wait beside each car in the results before you book.

Choose Alamo if you prioritise reviews at Ottawa Airport: it leads the scored companies with 92/100 from 45 reviews over the last 5 months, and its desk wait averages 24 minutes. Alamo averages $86 a day for an Intermediate car over the last 12 months, from 3,233 prices, so you pay $30 more a day than with Europcar. Europcar is cheapest for an Intermediate car at $56 a day over the last 12 months but does not yet have enough reviews for a score, so decide whether the lower price outweighs that uncertainty.

Review scores are CarTrawler customers' own, from the last five months; the score and the desk wait sit beside each car in the results.

At Ottawa Airport, Alamo and Budget each hold about $352, while 2 of the 4 checked desks accept a debit card, so filter by card before comparing prices. Choose Alamo or National if you need to use a debit card; Budget and Avis accept credit cards only. Check the deposit and card rule beside each car before booking. Extras charged at the desk are listed under each car with their prices, so include those in your comparison.

If you bring your own child seat, check your airline's rules first: most carry one free, some charge.

Allow time for the desk and check your card at Ottawa Airport, because waits average up to 33 minutes and 2 of the 4 desks require a credit card. If you need to leave promptly, allow for National's 33-minute average desk wait or Alamo's 24 minutes. Budget averages 11 minutes at the desk but, like Avis, accepts credit cards only; choose Alamo or National if you need to use debit.

Only 52% of prices at Ottawa Airport are full tank out, full tank back, so read the fuel line under the car before you book.

Choose an Intermediate car, such as a Kia Forte, at Ottawa Airport for $61 a day in November 2026 around a month before pickup; it seats 5 but takes 4 bags. If you have fewer bags, a Compact car such as a Nissan Versa averages $58 at that lead time, but it seats 5 and takes only 3 bags, so a full group needs to pack lighter. For 5 people with a bag each, a larger car such as an Audi A4 takes 5 bags and averages $89 at the same lead time. 100% of cars offered over the last 12 months are automatic, so you do not need to filter out manuals. Electric and hybrid cars are not offered, so do not plan on hiring either.